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AMD & HardOCP will be hosting another event in Dallas, on January 21, 2012. The "FX GamExperience" will focus on the CPU side of AMD's house, but there will be Eyefinity activities and the WSGF will be attending in an official capacity. I will be part of the official AMD booth, hanging out with Shane Parfitt (Product Manager for Eyefinity). I will be dispensing Eyefinity advice and will take part in an Eyefinity panel discussion with Shane. So stop by and say hello. Also, I will be showcasing the new WSGF Edition monitor stand at the AMD booth, and AMD will be giving one away to one lucky attendee.

At the last event in July, I had a great time as an attendee. I was able to meet a number of WSGF members and had a great day hanging out and talking Eyefinity and gaming with folks. This event is shaping up to be much bigger. The venue is 3x the size of the last one, and the sponsor's list has grown to include: Antec, ASRock, Asus, Corsair, Diamond, Ergotech Group, Gigabyte, Maingear, MSI, Patriot Memory, and Sapphire. The volume of give-aways will simply be staggering (I was amazed last time), and I would expect the attendance record of ~450 from the last event to simply be crushed.

So, now I've just got to start practicing in Dirt 3 on the G27 Logitech wheel I got for Christmas, so I don't embarass myself...

Anno 2070 is best described as a City Builder / Economics Simulator / Real Time Strategy, the game has you building an maintaining a city while trying to manage your resources while sometimes trying to fend off hostile NPCs or players that want your resources for themselves. The game works relatively well on a multi-montor setups, game scales correctly, with the main issues being the HUD is bound to the edge of the screen. Once again if your monitors width is larger than 1920 pixels and you have lots of bandwidth, set the quality to original and play the video in full screen for a much higher quality.

Direct Video Link: Anno 2070 (Triple Monitors / Eyefinity / Surround) [~4K]
Forum Thread: [#18716]

The WSGF is please to announce the availability of the WSGF Multi-Monitor Stand from Ergotech. The enclosed information outlines the final specifications and pricing of both the WSGF Edition stand, and the available upgrade kits.

I am actively working to get the store online. Until then, you can purchase a WSGF Edition or upgrade kit buy emailing us with your address and which unit you need. I can then generate an invoice through PayPal.

A quick rundown of the kit details can be found in this news entry, or you can read the full article for all the details.

X3: Albion Prelude is an stand alone add-on for Terran Conflict, and is designed to explain the changes in the X-Universe between X3:TC and X-Rebirth when it comes out next year, the game uses the same engine as Terran Conflict, so its horizontal plus with correctly scaled HUD but the interface does span all 3 screens. Once again if your monitors width is larger than 1920 pixels and you have lots of bandwidth, set the quality to original and play the video in full screen for a much higher quality.

Video Link: X3: Albion Prelude (Triple Monitors / Eyefinity / Surround) [~4K]
Forum Thread: [#18632]